Without Willow

Without Willow are an acoustic folk duo with an americana twist from Co Donegal, Ireland. Drawing inspiration from both Irish and Americana folk music, the pair consisting of Karen Kelly and Simon McCafferty blend haunting, heart felt vocals with beautiful, intricate guitar playing to create a distinctive sound that has established them as firm favourites on the Donegal music scene.

They have also enjoyed success overseas having played sold out shows in Germany in 2019&2023 and Canada in 2022 demonstrating their global appeal.

Their songwriting has got them to the finals of the IMRO Christie Hennessy Song Contest on two occasions as well as getting them to the semi finals of the International Songwriting Competition in 2019 out of 18000 entries and most recently the semi finals of the UK Song Contest in 2022.

Most recently, they were selected to showcase at the Your Roots are Showing conference in Dundalk in January 2024.

They are very excited to announce their highly anticipated debut album 'Left Behind' was released on Feb 9th 2024 and is now available to buy/stream online and from www.withoutwillow.com

They have enjoyed national and International airplay as well as being featured in Hotpress Magazine, RTE Entertainment 'Behind the Music' segment and RTE Radio 1 and Goldenplec recommended playlists in Jan/Feb 2024.